A TRAFFIC light failure caused travel chaos in Weymouth town centre this afternoon.

Motorists faced long delays on Radipole Park Drive in Weymouth at the kings junction because of the failure, which began at approximately 1.30pm.

The incident also affected Radipole Park Drive at Jubilee Close and the Jubilee Business Park was left at a standstill.

An engineer arrived on scene to fix the lights at 4pm and the lights were working again by 4.30pm, with traffic slowly returning back to normal.